Schubert: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2
4/1/2010, 12 Tracks, 1:07:01
Featuring
Julia Fischer
Martin Helmchen
Franz Schubert
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Instruments
Julia Fischer performs on an Italian violin crafted by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 1742.
Compositional Technique
The Andantino of Schubert's Fantasia in C major is based on the A-flat major variation theme from his own Lied Sei mir gegrüßt, D. 741.
Composer Biography
Schubert's cantata Prometheus, penned in 1816, created a sensation in Vienna, leading him to consider giving up his teaching position for a freelance career.
Composition History
Schubert composed the Fantasia in F minor, D. 940, in 1828, the same year he died, making it a profound and distressing work.
Performer Biography
Julia Fischer won the international Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 1995, with Yehudi Menuhin himself conducting, and the 8th Eurovision Competition for Young Instrumentalists the following year.
Performer Biography
Julia Fischer, a leading violinist, began her musical training at age four and was appointed professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main in 2006.
Composition History
Schubert wrote his Fantasia in C major, D. 934, in 1827, specifically for the Bohemian violinist Josef Slavik, a renowned master of his instrument.
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